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jujaswe
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AS3 Button Listeners 2012-11-12 00:45:29 Reply

I have different buttons on different frames. I then initialize the click event listeners in my code. My question is: are event listeners (with weak reference) lost when the movieclip that contains the buttons changes frames?

If so, is initializing the listeners every time the movie clip enters a particular frame advisable? Would it not create a leak from the listeners?

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Response to AS3 Button Listeners 2012-11-12 03:25:54 Reply

To avoid headaches, leave frames for the people who are meant to work with them (animators) and simply use the visibility property if you want to do something with code.

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Response to AS3 Button Listeners 2012-11-12 11:14:21 Reply

The listener is added to the object not to the frame.

You can solve pretty much any problem you may have with AS3 by consulting the AS3 Language reference.

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Response to AS3 Button Listeners 2012-11-12 12:24:58 Reply

Programming? AS3? Frames? Whut? o.o

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